Results 41-60 of 27,236 for speaker:Richard Boyd Barrett

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (30 Sep 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 207. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether Ireland's 1980 position endorsing Palestinian statehood, and resolving not to make comment "good bad or indifferent" as to the political beliefs of organisations that are "in a position to negotiate on behalf of the Palestinian people," still applies (details supplied); in particular noting that the relevant beliefs included...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Sep 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 427. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated completion date for new special classes at schools (details supplied); and when the school will commence for children with additional needs who were due to start in these classes [51241/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Sep 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 428. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of second level special class and special school places available in Dublin 9, 11 and 17 in 2025; and the projection for September 2026. [51242/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (30 Sep 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 536. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on proposals to review planning laws in relation to permitting the installation of cabin-type accommodation in back gardens to temporarily house family members who cannot source housing elsewhere in view of the current housing crisis; if he will confirm that permissions will be granted solely to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Regeneration Projects (30 Sep 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 550. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider conducting an audit to date of a public project's (details supplied) financial, physical, social, and economic aspects following the closure of multiple organisations tasked with delivering the project and the previous publication of a Comptroller and Auditor General Report identifying large cost...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (25 Sep 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 252. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the appropriate routes for Palestinians in Gaza to acquire employment permits in Ireland, which might enable the granting of a visa and subsequent evacuation from the region (details supplied); for details of any efforts his Department is making to connect Palestinians in Gaza with potential employers in Ireland; and for any...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (23 Sep 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 159. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that, despite reports to the contrary, waits for driving test appointments appear to be increasing; to address a person’s experience of wait times (details supplied) for both a first-time appointment and a subsequent retest appointment; the most recent steps to address the issue of waiting times; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (23 Sep 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 185. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to communications from the National Transport Authority (details supplied) the estimated cost of ensuring that all out of order lifts in Irish Rail and DART stations are fully repaired on the day that they are reported. [50285/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Departmental Data (23 Sep 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 569. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 2032 of 8 September 2025, wherein he indicated that the Section 38 and HSE disability workforce grew by over 20% between 2019 and 2025, for any data regarding the number of new HSE and Section 38 disability employees were recruited from Section 39 disability providers, or who worked in the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (23 Sep 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 608. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the case of a person with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALLtype B cell) who, at 35 years of age (details supplied) is not eligible to receive CAR T cell therapy as it is only licenced in Ireland for those under 26; the reason Ireland is the only country with this age requirement, and the rationale for this decision; the circumstances...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (23 Sep 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 644. To ask the Minister for Health if she will investigate the case of a young person with complex needs (details supplied); if she will acknowledge that their parents have coped with the intensity of their care since they were a child but now urgently need the help and support of extra hours as a matter of priority; if she will take steps to ensure they are provided; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (18 Sep 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has engaged with Bus Éireann regarding the ongoing failure to secure a school transport provider for students at a school (details supplied); will she outline how her Department intends to support the resumption of this essential service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49527/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (18 Sep 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has considered the use of smaller buses or local operators to bridge the gap in school transport provision for children at a school (details supplied); to confirm the timeline envisaged for implementation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49528/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (18 Sep 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports available to families currently being advised to use taxis at a cost of approximately €80 per day in the absence of school transport such as the case in a school (details supplied); if her Department will cover the full cost of such transport until a permanent solution is found; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (18 Sep 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which her Department is coordinating with the Department of Education and Youth to ensure that children with additional needs do not lose out on schooling due to tendering failures or shortages of bus drivers; if either Department have an estimate of the number of children currently missing school or relying on private taxis due to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (18 Sep 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will review the current school transport tendering process to ensure continuity of service for children with special educational needs; the changes which are being considered to avoid repeated disruption to vulnerable students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49526/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (18 Sep 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that at least 12-children accepted into a school (details supplied) have been unable to attend school this term due to the absence of a transport provider; the immediate steps her Department will take to guarantee school transport for these children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49523/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (18 Sep 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has contingency measures in place for children with additional needs when a bus provider withdraws from a route or retires; the reason such measures have not been applied in the case of students attending a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49524/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Correspondence (17 Sep 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 92. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there are plans to establish a process or mechanism by which Irish citizens in Gaza, who have lost their documentation during the ongoing genocide can be issued with urgent or temporary documents to assist in their evacuation; the steps he will take in the case of Irish citizens trapped in Gaza (details supplied ); and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Coroners Service (17 Sep 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 892. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1092 of 19 March 2025, if he will investigate the delay in the publication of the Report of the Inspector of Prisons into the death of a person in Mountjoy Prison on 3 January 2022; if he will acknowledge the distress this is causing the family of the person who are awaiting the...